Vocabulary:
hares − зайці
split lips − роздвоєні губи
the oldest − найстарший
unhappy − нещасливий
we are afraid of everybody − ми боїмося всих
nobody − ніхто
to run away − утікати
better − краще
get drowned − утопитися
to laugh − сміятися
so much − так багато
understood − зрозуміли
Tasks:
1. Answer the following questions:
Why was the hares’ life unhappy?
What did they decide to do?
Whom did they see near the river?
What did the goats do when they saw hares?
Why did the hares begin to laugh?
2. Listen to the sentences and put “ + ” if they are identical or “ − ”if they are different:
1). All the hares met under a big tree. / All the bears met under a big tree.
2). We run away from all the animals. / All the animals run away.
3). They laughed so much that their lips split. / Their lips split as they laughed so much.
3. Listen to the sentences and translate them:
1). We are afraid of everybody, but nobody is afraid of us.
2). It is better to go to the river and get drowned.
3). They laughed so much that their lips split.
4. Listen to the sentences and repeat them after the speaker:
1). We are afraid of dogs, and we run away from them.
2). When the goats saw many hares, they run away.
3). They understood that the goats were afraid of them.
5. Read the sentences and put them in the order they were in the text.
1). All the hares met under a big tree.
2). “Oh, yes!” said the other hares.
3). The oldest hare said: “Our life is very unhappy. We are afraid of everybody, but nobody is afraid of us.”
4). “Our life is very unhappy. It is better to go to the river and get drowned.”
5). We are afraid of cats and run away from them.
6). Near the river there were many goats.
7). When the goats saw many hares, they run away.
8). “We are afraid of dogs, and we run away from them. We run away from all the animals. ”
6. Make a plan to the text. Divide the text into meaningful parts and entitle them.
7. Retell the text from the point of view of the main character.
8. Listen to the text and give the title:
The Dog and His Bone
Listen to the story and say what had happened with Dog’s bone.
Look at this dog! Do you know his name? His name is Noodle. He isn’t big, he is little. He is white, black, brown and gray. He is a nice funny little dog.
Noodle likes Bones very much. One day he goes for a walk and he sees a nice big bone. He wants to take the bone home. He takes the bone and goes home.
Noodle comes up to a river. In the river he sees a dog. That dog has got a bone, too. He wants to have two bones.
Noodle jumps into the river. His bone falls into the river. Noodle looks for his bone, but he can’t find it. Then he looks for the other dog’s bone − he can’t find it.
Now Noodle hasn’t got a bone. Why? I think he is greedy. And what do you think?
Vocabulary:
A bone
he goes for a walk − він відправився на прогулянку
river − річка
to fall − падати
to look for − шукати
to find − знаходити
greedy − жадний
Tasks:
1. Listen to the pairs of words and repeat after the speaker:
1). He is − he isn’t.
2). Bones − falls.
2. Listen to the sentences and put “ + ” if they are identical or “ − ”if they are different:
1). Look at this dog. / Look at the dog.
2). He isn’t big, he is little. / He is little, he isn’t big.
3). He takes the bone and goes home. / He goes home with the bone.
4). In the river he sees a dog. / He sees a dog at the river.
3. Listen to the sentences and translate them:
1). One day he goes for a walk and he sees a nice big bone.
2). Noodle comes up to a river.
3). Noodle looks for his bone, but he can’t find it.
4. Listen to the sentences and repeat them after the speaker:
1). One day he goes for a walk and he sees a nice big bone.
2). Noodle looks for his bone, but he can’t find it.
3). Then he looks for the other dog’s bone − he can’t find it.
6. Listen to the beginning of the story and predict what this story is about:
Look at this dog! Do you know his name? His name is Noodle. He isn’t big, he is little. He is white, black, brown and gray. He is a nice funny little dog.
Noodle likes Bones very much. One day he goes for a walk and he sees a nice big bone…..
5. Read the sentences and put them in the order they were in the text.
1). His name is Noodle.
2). He takes the bone and goes home.
3). He isn’t big, he is little.
4). He is a nice funny little dog.
5). Noodle likes Bones very much.
6). One day he goes for a walk and he sees a nice big bone.
7). Look at this dog!
8). He wants to take the bone home.
9). He is white, black, brown and gray.
10). Noodle comes up to a river.
11). In the river he sees a dog.
12). That dog has got a bone, too.
13). He wants to have two bones.
6. Make a plan to the text. Divide the text into meaningful parts and entitle them.
7. Retell the text from the point of view of the main character.
8. Listen to the text and give the title: